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Bakkeshwar

বক্কেশ্বর

Bakkeshwar Show map of West Bengal Show map of India Show all Location in West Bengal, India Coordinates: 23 °00'29.8"N 88°11'38.4"E

Country	 India

State West Bengal

District Hooghly

Government Body Gram panchayat

Languages • Official	Bengali, Hindi, Santali, English

Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

PIN 712149 Telephone code	91 3213 ISO 3166 code IN-WB

Bakkeshwar is a village under the Polba-Dadpur community development block of the Hooghly Sadar subdivision in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is around 11 km from Gurap railway Station, 15 km from Pandua Railway Station, 15km from Belmuri Railway Station. Its distance from Sadar Headquarters is around 32 km.

Contents •	1History

•	2Geography

•	3Demographics

•	4Economy

•	5Transport

•	6References

History

There are two numbers of mosque in the village one is the old known as “Sheikhpara Jame Masjid” most probably established on 13th Century and the other is newer than this which is known as “Jolahpara Masjid”. There are also some small temples in the village. A famous religious ritual of the Santal inhabitants knowing as “Saluk Puja” is observed in every year and many from the other place come to observe the rituals and celebrate it greatly. One of the Santali rituals is “Goru Nach” which is observed during the Go Parbon and it is also enjoyable celebration of this inhabitants. There are two register societies in this village, between those the old one known as “Bakkeshwar Nabin Sangha” is a General & well known society and the other “Bakkeshwar 1No. Dharam Danhar Gaota” is only of the Santal inhabitants. The former one is also Nationally registered.* From the establishing time of the village the residences of there were mainly the Muslims and afterwards other inhabitant of other religion had come here to live.# The place is a great example of peaceful coexistence of all other religions.

Bakkeshwar is the village of Mohammad Jahangir Sheikh a person with strong Morality and full of ethics he is the person who wants the strong peaceful coexistence of all religion over the dirty politics. He is the younger son of Sheikh Noor Islam (deceased) who was a famous football player and a Homeopath Practitioner and well known respectable of all the inhabitants of the village.*

Geography

Bakkeshwar is located at 23 °00'29.8"N 88°11'38.4"E.@ It is under Satithan Gram Panchayat. The nieghbour villages around of it are Goai, Melki, Jhuma, Rameshwarpur, Amra, Digha. Which are from other Panchayats also.

Demographics

According to Census 2011, Bakkeshwar's population is 1083. Out of this, 539 are males while the females count 544 here. This village has 111 children in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 52 are boys and 59 are girls.1 As per the administration register, the village number of Bakkeshwar is 325203. The village has 268 families.2 Literacy rate of Bakkeshwar village Literacy rate in Bakkeshwar village is 65%. 714 out of total 1083 population is educated here. Among males the literacy rate is 73% as 394 males out of total 539 are literate however female literacy rate is 58% as 320 out of total 544 females are educated in this Village. The Negative portion is that illiteracy rate of Bakkeshwar village is 34%. Here 369 out of total 1083 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 26% as 145 males out of total 539 are illiterate. Among the females the illiteracy rate is 41% and 224 out of total 544 females are illiterate in this village.3

Economy

Most of the people in the village are associated with agriculture. Bakkeshwar’s rural economy has developed by farming and earning from other states of India as many of this village are working out of the state of West Bengal. Only a few people are employed in government jobs. Some of the people are employed in private sector also.

Transport

By Road: One has to go to Bakkeshwar by road either directly from Kolkata or from Tarakeswar or Pandua or Chinsurah. From Kolkata via NH2 road up to Majinan, then from Majinan right turn, towards Bakkeshwar approx 6 km Or from Tarekeswar via SH23 up to Rameshwarpur then right turn approx 2 km; from Pandua via Pandua Belmuri Road straight 15 km approx, from Chinsurah via SH23 upto Rameshwarpur then left turn 2 km approx or VIA SH17 up to Maheshwarpur then right turn via Pandua Belmuri Road approx 10km. Local stations of Bakkeshwar village: In Howrah-Bardhaman Chord line the local station connected to this village are Belmuri, Dhaniyakhali, Sibaichandi & Gurap from where one can get transport to go to this village. In Howrah-Bardhaman Main line the local station connected to this village are Pandua, Simlagar & Boinchee from where one can get transport to go to this village.

References

1.	wikivillage.in.. 2.	wikivillage.in. 3.	wikivillage.in: •	* Direct collection from the village •	# Direct collection from the village •	@ Google Map